Comparison of the effect of high-intensity functional training (HIFT) and traditional resistance training on the inflammatory status of young obese men

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1 Department of Exercise Physiology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Department of Exercise Physiology

3 Department of Exercise Physiology, University of Tehran

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Background& purpose: Obesity is one of the most important health threatening factors in the world, which increases inflammatory indicators in the body. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of six weeks of intense functional training and traditional resistance training on pro-/anti-inflammatory factors in young obese men. Methods: For this purpose, 30 obese young men were divided to 3 groups of intense functional exercise training (HIFT) (age: 26.30±2.45 years, BMI: 31.09±2.61 kg/m2, 10 people), traditional resistance training (RT) (age: 26.60±2.54 years, BMI: 30.96±1.38 kg/m2, 10 people), control (Con) (age: 90/99±2.99 26 years, BMI: 30.85±1.51 kg/m2, 10 people). The participants of the HIFT and RT groups performed the given exercise for 6 weeks in 3 sessions per week, each session lasting 60 minutes. Before and after 6 weeks of intervention, plasma sampling was done to measure inflammatory indicators. Analysis of covariance and post hoc Bonferroni test were used to compare changes between groups. A significance level of P<0.05 was considered. Results: The results showed that HIFT and RT training decreased significantly the plasma concentration of TNF-α and IL-6 and increased the plasma concentration of IL-10 (P=0.001). Covariance analysis revealed that there was a significant difference between the post-test of the three groups in the concentration of IL-6 (P=0.001, F=29.74) and TNF-α (P=0.001, F=17.43) and it was significantly lower in the training groups than the control group (P<0.05). The results showed that the HIFT and RT training group had significantly higher IL-10 compared to the control group (P<0.05). However, no significant difference was found between the two groups in IL-10 (P<0.05). Conclusions: Improvement of inflammatory indices was observed after performing both types of HIFT and RT exercises, however, none of the exercises was superior to the other.

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  • Receive Date: 23 February 2024
  • Revise Date: 22 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 22 May 2024

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